Kovalam Palace was constructed between 1924 and 1931 during the seven-year
regency of Maharani Setu Lakshmibai. Travancore royal family had handed over the
palace and its sprawling premises to the Tourism Department for use as a
guesthouse. My-Kerala urge to the government that Kovalam Kottaram (Castle) and
its surrounding areas should be protected as a 'historical monument,'